Trace or shaft carrier



M. B. CAREY.

TRACE 0R SHAFT CARRIER.

(-No Model.)

No. 308,132. Patented Nov. 18, 1884..

INVENTOR.

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MILTON B. CAREY, OF GENOA JUNCTION, I/VISGONSIN.

TRACE OR SHAFT CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,132, dated November 18, 1884-.

Application filed March 24, 1884. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern Be it known that I, MILTON B. CAREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Genoa Junction,in the county of \Valworth and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace and Thill Oarriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to. improvements in trace and thill carriers; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the same, all as willbe hereinafter more fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of the device, and Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

A designates a harness-saddle flap or a backband, to which is stitched one end of a strap, a, that is provided with perforations b to receive the tongue 0 of a buckle, d, which is secured to the loop or slide 6, through which the thill or trace is passed and supported. This strap a is buckled to a buckle, f, secured to the upper end of the strap 9, which connects or buckles with the belly-band h, and said strap 9 is stitched to the back-band or saddleflap, as at i, and the same is provided with a loop, is, for the end of the strap a, while the slide is also provided with a loop, Z, for said strap, as shown in the drawings.

It will be observed from the above description, and by reference to the drawings, that the carrier-loop can be adjusted vertically to suit a tall or small horse by means of the buckle d, and the buckle f secures said loop in place, and it will be further seen that my device can be used as a trace-carrier, and a carrier constructed as herein described is durable, easy to adjust, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming an adjustable thill or trace carrier, broadly, as such has been accomplished by various means; but in no case has there been abuckle secured to the end strap of the back-band to effect such adjustment.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a thill or trace carrier, the combination, with the back-strap A, strap a, slide loop e, and strap g, stitched to the back-band, of the buckle f, secured to the upper end of said strap 9, as shown, to receive the strap a, whereby the loop is secured in position, as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILTON B. CAREY.

Witnesses:

WM. BOSTEDER, J. M. CAREY. 

